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Commission discusses tree impacts from Park Hill, Elm Street and Maple Avenue projects
Summary
Commissioners reviewed three local development proposals — Park Hill Road driveway modification, a requested removal at 330 Elm Street, and a Maple Avenue townhouse plan expected to affect five public shade trees — and said staff will pursue site meetings and mitigation options. The chair said some removals may be unavoidable but alternatives will be explored.
Commission members reviewed multiple development-related items that could affect public shade trees. The chair described a proposed two-family dwelling at 1005 Park Hill Road and said she and the project's surveyor discussed relocating a driveway opening to avoid removing public shade trees. "We came to some conclusions that there is the possibility of actually moving the driveway location," the chair said.
The chair also reported a request to remove a single Norway maple at 330 Elm Street for a proposed driveway; she has contacted the landscape architect to explore alternative locations to avoid tree removal and is awaiting a reply. For a longer-standing project at the end of Maple Avenue, the chair said the developer has returned with a plan to build five townhouses; she said planning-board approval exists but that five public shade trees will be impacted and that mitigation obligations under the city tree ordinance apply, so an on-site meeting is planned to discuss mitigation.
